McPherson, KS – The Lady Tigers hosted a double header against KCAC foe Sterling Warriors. Tigers would take care of business in game one with a 6-1 win and lose in a close 2^nd game 4-3 to split the week series.

Game One vs Sterling (W 6-1)
Tigers would get off to great start, after a clean top of the 1^st, the Tigers would jump out and knock in 4 runs in the bottom of the inning and build an early 4-0 lead. The Tigers would never look back and only surrender one run in the 4^th as they took game one with ease 6-1.

The Lady Tigers would be highlighted by Hannah Hoffman who would go all 7.0 innings yielding only one run on five hits en route to her 5^th victory of the season. The Tigers would piggyback off of Hoffman's solid performance and get the bats rolling led by Natalie Vines who would go 2-2 with a double and 3 RBI.

Game Two vs Sterling (L 4-3)
Both teams would be in a pitching duel through the first 3.0 innings as both teams would shut down each other's offense charges. The game would be opened up in the 4^th after a couple of Tiger errors the Warriors would score and put the Tigers in a 3-0 hole. The Lady Tigers would be able to break their scoreless streak and put a run up in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead down to 3-1. The Warriors would add another insurance run in the top of the 5^th to build their lead back to 3 runs. Both teams would threaten through the next couple of innings until the Tigers were down to their last 3 outs in the bottom of the 7^th in an attempt to make a comeback. Tigers would get two runs off a double from Celeste Finch who would come in to pitch-hit and the Warrior lead dwindled down to just one. With a runner on 2^nd and no outs the Tigers looked to at least get the game tied. The pitcher would get the next batter to ground out and move the runner on 2^nd to 3^rd. The next batter would strike out, before walking Hannah Hoffman. With runners on 1^st and 3^rd and two outs, Jessica Aldana would come up to bat and hit a screaming line drive to left field, but the Warrior outfielder would snag it and get the 3^rd out and Tigers comeback comes up just short, in an exciting evening event.
Tigers move to 12-26 (4-18 SAC) and will host Mid America in a crucial conference series this weekend.

Central Christian Quotes

Head Coach Aaron Annis
"Tonight, there were 2 good games to be apart of. We played great defense in game one and the bats were rolling. We slowed down in game 2 but made some great plays to keep us in the game until the very end. We needed games like this to prepare us for this weekend conference games with MACU."

Go Tigers!

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